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 The following are responsible for particular readings or for changes to this file, as noted: Kenneth Winkle Matthew Bosley Garec Monter Kourtney Klein Elizabeth Lorang The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. (1861-65.) Washington, DC Government Printing Office Part 2 Volume 2 1876 959 Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion wounds and injuries of the upper extremities wounds and operations in the forearm shot wounds of the forearm shot fractures of the forearm excisions in the continuity of the bones of the forearm for shot injury intermediary excisions in the bones of the forearm fatal intermediary excisions in the forearm pyæmia wound of forearm by conoidal ball produced compound comminuted fracture of inferior third of ulna excision of shaft of ulna, ball extracted blessed corrected typo in figure head added figure encoding additional proofing of transcription and encoding, identified keyword terms checked OCR; added minimal mark-up for personal names, place names, and dates

CASE 1916.—Sergeant P. Welsh, Co. K, 28th Massachusetts, aged 32 years, was wounded at SpottsylvaniaSpotsylvania, May 12, 1864, and sent from a Second Corps field hospital to Washington, where Surgeon O. A. Judson, U. S. V., reported: "Admitted to Carver Hospital, May 14, 1864. Gunshot wound of left forearm, by a conoidal ball, producing compound comminuted fracture of inferior third of left ulna. On May 17th, Acting Assistant Surgeon J. S. Wentz excised three inches of the shaft of the ulna through a straight incision; no ligatures were applied; the ball was also extracted. The constitutional state of the patient at time of operation was good. On May 20th, secondary hæmorrhage occurred, apparently from the interosseous artery, but ceased spontaneously. On the 24th, rigors and other pyæmic symptoms appeared, and the patient died May 28th, 1864, from pyæmia." The specimen, represented in the adjoining wood-cut (FIG. 701), was contributed to the Museum by Dr. Judson. It consists of "four pieces of bone, representing three inches of the left ulna, excised; a conoidal ball, exceedingly battered, distorted, and grooved, is mounted with the specimen."

FIG. 701.—Pieces of left ulna excised for shot injury.—Spec. 2296.